This article was originally published in November 2015 at IndiaSpend.com as part of their Bihar series. In the newly elected Bihar vidhan sabha (Legislative Assembly), women legislators have declined to…

This article was originally published in January 2016 at IndiaSpend.com. Mewat (Haryana): Ashubi Khan, 51, is distraught. A decade of trailblazing work done by this tall, soft-spoken sarpanch (village chief)…